Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-11-14
A DOLEFUL DAY.
EntOmbment of the Dead
Anarchists Remains.
AN ENORMOUS PROCE >SION.
Half a Million 0nlOOkers-Beau-
tiful Floral Tributes
''DuSt to Dust"
Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD

figures, fleeing in death from tht
one great being from whom alone there
can be no law-found hiding place
tonight, in darkness at the most DESC
late spot on the prairie's wide expanse
were symbols OF attempted destruc-
ton to the law. They we're the five
dead Anarchists, Spies, Parsons
Fischer, Engel and Louis Lingg.
Probably half a million people in the
city saw the last public preparations.
Scarcely more than half the number
expected 1000 men and $50 women
aided in the city by forming
IN THE PROCESSION
behind them. Ten thousand people
were present in the barest emptiest
grave yard adjacent to Chicago. The
route taken reSembled nothing SO
much as a monster black snake
stretching right to the center of
Chicago and protruding out and be-
yond the southwestern angle. Off
from Milwaukee avenue, Spies lived
in
"A otSlo
OF well-to-do Americans and Ger.
mans, while the others entombed to-
day had PLACES of abode scattered
along at intervals of five or six blocks
close to the same thoroughfare. About
1000 persons, most of them neighbors
of SPECS. eongregated on the street
and sidewalks Of the blocks in which
Spies lived, and at the other houses
where the Anarchists bodies lay.
When the forty-eight hours anniver-
sary of
THE SCAFFOLD DROP
had conn, Captain Black, the An
archists' chief counsel, stepped out
through the throng at Spies ;hres-
hold, escorting the dead mans ster,
Gretchen. Calmly seated in the first
carriage was Nina Van Zandt, Spies
youthful proxy bride. She was dressed
in dark wine-colored purple velvet
Alongside Nina sat the aged mother
of Spies The band soon struck up
mournful dirge and the p ocession
started down Milwaukee avenue,
which was lined witha mass of people.
Moving slowly on, the procession was
Joined ut the homes of Fl cher, Par
sons, Engel and Lingg by their re-
mains and the portions of the parade
which originated at the last house.
AN HISTORICAL SPOT.
A striking view of the procession
was obtained at the corner of Lake
and Desplaines streets, for it brought
so wildly to mind the scene Of May
4th, 1886, when the bomb was
thrown. 1t was just l :45 O'Clock
when the head OF the line reached the
spot. At the corner is the saloon and
ha of Charles Zepf, Anarchist. 1t
is in this saloon that Parsons took his
wife and children after he had finished
his speech at the Haymarket, and
where they sat when the bomb was
thrown. Two hundred feet south of
the corner was the place where sto vi
the wagon from which Spies and his
comrades l-.
DELIVERED THEIR HARANGUEs
and counselled the throttling of the
law, and here, too. was the alley from
which the kissing and fatal bomb was
hurled into the ranks of the police.
A little further south is the spot where
the missile fell and did SUI h awful
destruction. At the hour mentioned
the first line of men could be seen
crossing Desplaines street viaduct,
where in 1876 bloody fight took place
between the police and railroad
strikers. There was no advance
gurad of police. Chief Marshal
Hepps, with two aids
LED THE WAY
Then came brilliantly-dressed
corps of musicians. There were fiji
teen bands in the procession. Fol-
lowing the first corps OF musicians
walked the defense committeeman,
who had charge OF collecting the funds
with which it was hoped to save the
Anarchists from their fate. Following
them marched eight abreast, 200 mem
bers of the Aurora Turnverein, OF
which Spies was member. After
the other orders passed, then came the
FEATURE OF THE PROCESSION.
It was the hearse OF August Spies.
There were no nodding black piumes
on it, but the top was 50 covered with
floral tributes that nothing else could
be seen. Inside was richly-covered
casket, and standing out in bold re-
lief against the black broadcloth of
the coffin, was thrown a great sash of
red silk. The hearse of Adolph Fisch-
er was we'll supplied with flowers,
but for some reasons no red silk
EMBLEM OF HIS FAITH,
Had been thrown across the casket.
Then came the funeral carriage of AL
bert r. Parsons. On the box by the
driver sat man holding in his hands
floral tribute of immense size. On
Parsons coffin, instead of great sash
of red, there was simple strip of red
silk ribbon, which was trailed care
lessly from the head OF the casket. to
its center Then along came another
cohort of the Central Labor Union,
butchers, bakers and representatives
OF all sorts of trades. Behind these
were drawn the hearse5 of George
Engel and Louis Lingg, and over both
THE BLACK CoFFINs
Were the inevitable red banners.
All through what may be called the
first part of the demonstration, were
interspersed carriages containing
relatives and near friends of the
dead Anarchists. The next feature
of the procession was the turmoil of
people who followed after the hearses.
There were men women and children,
and in ranks OF four to eight deep,
they tramped side by side. 1t will
be remembered that the signal for
the gathering at the Haymarket
Square was printed the German word,
"Ruhe," meaning peace. This was
the only white dove in the whole line.
After the long line of
PIE PIE ON FOOT
Had passed came carriages, to the
number of fifty. The procession went